Heat, Champagne Socialism and Faux Empathy: The Republican Circus
The Republican-controlled House Education and Labor Workforce Committee held a very interesting and helpful circus hearing yesterday on the “burden”…
Worker Bashing Hearing Tomorrow
In case you think the Republican-controlled Congress isn’t doing anything useful, here’s living proof. Tomorrow at 10:15, the House Education…
Do Cyberattacks on Water Plants Warn of More Bhopals?
Something wicked this way comes: More deaths, chemical releases and cyberattacks on this this nation’s water and chemical infrastructure. The…
Heat Related Death? Who Knows?
Careful readers of yesterday’s Weekly Toll may have noted the death of UPS driver Umeshkumar Thakkar on July 20 near…
Republicans Try to Smother OSHA Heat Standard Under General Duty Clause
To the surprise of no one, the Republican-controlled House Education and Workforce Committee yesterday approved H.R. 6213, the Heat Workforce…
House Republicans Attempt to Kill OSHA Heat Standard
As we once again melt into the hottest summer ever recorded (but probably the coolest summer we will ever experience…
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Dispatches From the Front Lines of Workplace Safety
Lots happening in the world of workplace safety and labor. Nevada lawmakers oppose weakening OSHA enforcement, Boston workers get more…
New Regulatory Agenda: No Good News for Heat or Silica
Our long wait is over. The White House Office of Management and Budget has finally issued its latest Regulatory Agenda.…
Today in History: Lac-Mégantic and Piper Alpha Disasters
Reprint from 2018 July 6 has a rather dubious place in the history of workplace and community safety, corporate responsibility…
Mamdani Acts to Protect NYC Workers from Heat Hazards
I happened to be in New York City last week visiting the kids and grandkids when I got an email…